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Jurisdiction in ordinary cases.
Limit of jurisdiction of assistant barristers.
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35. It shall and may be lawful for each and every assistant barrister to hear and determine by civil bill all disputes and differences between party and party for any sum, damages, or penalty, not exceeding [1
fifty] pounds sterling, in all cases whatsoever (slander, libel, breach of promise of marriage, and criminal conversation with a mans wife, only excepted), and for any ascertained and unpaid balance, not exceeding [1
fifty] pounds, of a partnership account, and also in all actions by civil bill under any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force in Ireland, and not hereby repealed, giving a remedy by civil bill in any particular cases, to the extent and pursuant to the provisions of the said Act or Acts respectively: Provided always, that the several assistant barristers may award interest in all cases where in equity interest ought to be decreed, so that the debt or damages and interest shall not together exceed the amount of the jurisdiction, according to the nature of the case.
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